Dyophysite

American  

[dahy-of-uh-sahyt] / daɪˈɒf əˌsaɪt /

noun

Theology.

1. a person who maintains that Christ has two distinct natures, one divine and the other human; an adherent of Dyophysitism.

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Other Word Forms

• Dyophysitic adjective
• Dyophysitical adjective

Etymology

Origin of Dyophysite

First recorded in 1855–60; from Late Greek dyophysī́tēs, equivalent to dýo two + phýs(is) “nature” + -ītēs -ite ¹

Example Sentences

Some believed he was both fully divine and fully human—the Dyophysite position—while others believed Jesus’s humanity was inseparable from his divinity—the Monophysite position.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Dyophysite, dī-of′i-zīt, n. a holder of the doctrine of the coexistence of two natures, the divine and the human, in Christ—also Diph′ysite.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Zeno was restored by a Dyophysite faction under the lead of Acacius, patriarch of Constantinople.

From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen